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Safe Fruits and Veggies
Safe Fruits and Veggies is a website created by The Alliance for Food and Farming to promote the consumption of produce whether is organic or conventional.

●      Founded: 1989

●      Type: non-profit organization

●      Location: Watsonville, CA

●      Website: www.safefruitsandveggies.com

The Alliance for Food and Farming
The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) is a non-profit organization formed in 1989 which represents organic and conventional farmers of fruits and vegetables across the United States.

Organic and Conventional Produce
The Alliance for Food and Farming promotes the consumption of conventionally and organically grown fruits and vegetables by providing information of both production methods. Whether the consumers choose organic or conventional produce, the AFF wants to encourage consumers to incorporate more fruits and vegetables to their daily diet.

Pesticide Residue Calculator
The Pesticide Residue Calculator on safefruitsandveggies.com was developed as a resource for consumers to “put residues in perspective”. The tool intends to illustrate how very minute residues are, which if present there they should not cause any consumer risk. The calculator is based upon an analysis by toxicologists with the University of California’s Personal Chemical Exposure Program. This analysis determined that a child could literally eat hundreds to thousands of servings of a fruit or vegetable in one day and still not have any effects from pesticide residues. The calculator tool features 19 fruits and veggies.

Research sources
Research and Studies found on the safefruitsandveggies.com were published in the following journals or reports:

Government Sources:

●      United States Department of Agriculture, Pesticide Data Program

Peer Reviewed Journals:

●     Nutrition Today

●     International Journal of Food Consumption

●     Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

●     Food and Chemical Toxicology

●      Journal of Toxicology

Funding
All activities of the Alliance for Food and Farming are funded by voluntary contributions. According to the Alliance for Food and Farming, the organization only accepts contributions from farmers of fruits and vegetables, companies who grow, sell, market or ship fruits and vegetables or organizations that represent produce farmers.